Hardware Reviews 2003.07.30
 

PCA has up a review on the Zalman VGA Heatpipe Cooler. Here's a clip:
"Graphics card cooling has pretty much been limited to what ever the manufacturer installed on their cards. If you had the time and patience you could mod your own. You can now use a heat sink made specifically for a raphics card. The latest made by Zalman is rather unique. The Zalman GA Heatpipe cooler was the first to utilize the heatpipe."

Of course, if you're going to be spending money on custom GPU cooling, you might as well get the hottest GPU out there:
"Back in the days when 3Dfx was king and nVIDIA still a pre-pubescent teenager, manufacturers differentiated themselves by clocking videocards higher then what was advised, and some even included large software bundles to tip the scale. In this wonderful period videocards were rarely based entirely on the reference design, then came what I like to call the "dark ages"... In the 'dark ages', manufacturers did nothing exciting with their products and followed the reference design down to a tee. Not only that, but most products arrived on store shelves with the software bundles cut out. Games if they were included, were old, out of date, or titles that never carried much weight anyway."

A case review:
"The Antec Sonata is a very swell looking case whose case design had a lot of thought for users demanding a quiet system. Its default configuration ships with a powerful Antec TruePower 380W PSU, a 120mm exhaust case fan and the option to install yet another 120mm fan. Rest assured that Antec's Low Noise Technology would keep the noise level low. However, there were a few drawbacks that prevented it from being 'The One'."

Do you have too many harddrives to justify moving to SATA yet? You should just throw them all in this card:
"SATA maybe making headway in the marketplace, but the 404 card can provide you with a speed boost for your current drives, peace of mind or both. And with its ability to add a total of 8 devices, can be a great way to get some extra storage into your existing setup."